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architecture , conceptually designed rooms and state-of-the-art AV systems .
Sustainability was a top priority for the architects of the redesign , and the CCH hopes to receive a Gold Certificate from the German Sustainable Building Council ( DGNB ). The entire complex is barrier-free .
Specialist event caterer Käfer will be in charge of the culinary delights offered to visitors and guests .
The new flexible design includes vertical and horizontal zonal layout , providing three individual event sections called CCH West , CCH Center , and CCH East , and extending across four levels . This allows for several events to take place simultaneously and independently .
The CCH sits in the heart of this exciting city . The Dammtor mainline train station and several other stations and stops of the public transportation system are within 500 metres of the venue , which is surrounded by numerous hotels .
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March saw the opening of the largest project in Oklahoma City history — the US $ 288m Metropolitan Area Projects Plan ( MAPS 3 ) Convention Center . The new centre has an adjoining 17-storey , 605- room Omni Hotel .
The timing of the Convention Center ’ s completion is bittersweet , with ribbon cutting and public tours having to wait until the pandemic fully subsides . The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber started lobbying for a new convention center almost 20 years ago and Chamber president and CEO Roy Williams calls the center a “ vision realised .”
The Center is 500,000
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square feet ( 46,451sqm ) with a 200,000-squarefoot exhibition hall on the first floor , featuring operable walls for creating flexible space . There are 45,000 square feet of meeting spaces spread around the building and the fourth floor features a 30,000-squarefoot ballroom and a 4,000-square-foot balcony that overlooks the new Scissortail Park .
The Center is set to create significant economic impact in Oklahoma and bring new dollars into the local economy .
A Virtual Sky series of slender anodised titanium forms is suspended by cables in each of the two atriums
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facing west along Robinson Avenue . The artwork , created by Los Angeles-based Narduli Studio reportedly cost $ 1.5m .
The Center is managed by ASM Global and Convention Center general manager Al Rojas has called the OCCC “ a game changer for the destination that will attract new customers from the meetings industry ”. He says there are 16 national conventions on the books through 2026 .
“ We ’ re already seeing great interest and convention bookings from meeting planners who are excited that OKC provides the full attendee experience their groups expect .”
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